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Sewage Treatment Plant Finished!
Before I post that, please let me backtrack and post a link to the article Lyle Johnson wrote about the fishing trip he and Gossie made with Termite and me. Now. Let’s install the drain field. The white pipe is from the last photo of the previous post–it drains the “treated water” or “gray water”…
The Artist and the Farmer
What could possibly bring together an artist from Norway and a farmer from Thibodaux? Sugarcane, that’s what. It all started with Anne Senstad’s vision of a labyrinth made of humans linked together, which evolved into a living art form of plant life instead. After online research and a series of phone calls to the Louisiana…
The Alaskan Sisters and Lagniappe
For a couple of weeks, a persistent young woman from Homer, Alaska continued to email me about giving her younger sister a wetland tour for her birthday. They were already down here and would be for about three weeks before heading to other states impacted by the oil spill.
Fresh shrimp, pecky cypress, a baby crab and much, much more!
Well, Deloutre Switch and The Miller are gone, and I miss them already. DS and I worked together years ago, when I was fresh out of college. I hadn’t seen her in about 25 years, and I was so excited when she found me on a google search last year. Now, we have reconnected, and…
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Spring on the Bayou and a CONTEST!
Happy Spring everyone! It seems down the bayou that we jump straight from winter into glorious spring almost overnight. Last week, while walking my front yard, I noticed all these little insignificant wildflowers that are only seen once–before the grass starts getting cut weekly. After that, they don’t get big enough to bloom. I thought…
Look at Baby’s face.
I know, poor thing. It’s like she’s asking, “Uh, when does my vacation start?” or “Did we have to bring the coon?”
Termite should write a book!